In a split vote, the Arlington Heights Village Board approved the opening of one of two exits proposed for opening along Kirchhoff Road. The west driveway will be opened for at least a nine-month period while the hospital executives and attorneys are likely to pursue opening of the east exit.

Voting in favor of the proposal from the village staff to open one exit …
Village President Arlene Mulder
Trustee Carol Blackwood
Trustee Norman Breyer
Trustee Thomas Hayes
Trustee John Scaletta
Trustee Mike Sidor

Opposed to the opening were …
Trustee Thomas Glasgow
Trustee Bert Rosenberg
Trustee Joseph Farwell, who was most active in opposing the opening, and lives in the area affected by the traffic changes — just north of the hospital.

Currently the only exits from the Northwest Community Hospital campus are located on Central Road. Entrances exist at those south exits and at the northwest corner and the northeast corner of the campus aligned with Ridge Avenue.

The exits on the north side are problematic because they are angled intersections and they facilitate dumping of traffic onto northbound Ridge Avenue. Neighbors north of Kirchhoff Road area concerned about the risk of increased crashes along Kirchhoff Road and increase traffic hazards to children at Pioneer Park, Westgate School, Our Lady of Wayside School, and on side streets in the area.

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Green arrow at the location of the opening exit to Kirchhoff Road at the northwest side of the Northwest Community Hospital campus.

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